Application Security Scanning Can Save Your Business

Web and mobile applications are everywhere, often working 24×7. They handle login pages, shopping carts, webmail, support and product request forms, content management systems, and much more.

These apps perform in numerous client-side browser and operating system environments, and can be deployed quickly, just about anywhere, and at little or no cost. Although they may be developed in-house, many are acquired from third parties. More than 90% of enterprises use third-party offerings in their mobile BYOD efforts, according to Gartner.

App security failure

So maybe we shouldn’t be surprised that, by one account, 75% of cyberattacks are initiated at the web application level and at least 70% of websites face the immediate risk of being hacked.

Given their popularity and importance, web and mobile apps are often rushed through development, so improper coding is inevitable. But the vulnerabilities such mistakes cause allow malicious actors to gain direct access to the databases that web and mobile apps interact with — including sensitive data (passwords, financial details, etc.).

Result: highly sensational application security failures that occurred last year. And this year, Gartner expects, more than 75% of mobile apps will fail basic security tests.